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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200407-04">
  <title>Pure-FTPd: Potential DoS when maximum connections is reached</title>
  <synopsis>
    Pure-FTPd contains a bug potentially allowing a Denial of Service attack
    when the maximum number of connections is reached.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">Pure-FTPd</product>
  <announced>2004-07-04</announced>
  <revised>2006-05-22: 02</revised>
  <bug>54590</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-ftp/pure-ftpd" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.0.18-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="le">1.0.18</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Pure-FTPd is a fast, production-quality and standards-compliant FTP
    server.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Pure-FTPd contains a bug in the accept_client function handling the
    setup of new connections.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    When the maximum number of connections is reached an attacker could
    exploit this vulnerability to perform a Denial of Service attack.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
    upgrade to the latest available version.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Pure-FTPd users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge sync
    
    # emerge -pv "&gt;=net-ftp/pure-ftpd-1.0.18-r1"
    # emerge "&gt;=net-ftp/pure-ftpd-1.0.18-r1"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://www.pureftpd.org">Pure-FTPd website</uri>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0656">CVE-2004-0656</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
</glsa>